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PicoScope ® 6000 Series
HIGH-PERFORMANCE USB OSCILLOSCOPES
Ultra-deep memory. Fast data transfers.
4 CHANNELS • 500 MHz BANDWIDTH • 5 GS/s SAMPLING
2 GSAMPLE BUFFER MEMORY
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface
500 MHz spectrum analyzer
Arbitrary waveform generator
Advanced triggers
100 million × zoom
Mask limit testing
Serial bus decoding
... all as standard!
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Compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8, USB 2.0 and
USB 3.0 • Supplied with an SDK including example programs • Free technical support
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PicoScope performance and reliability Custom probe settings
With over 20 years’ experience in the test and measurement industry, we know what’s important in a new oscilloscope. The
PicoScope 6000 Series scopes give you the best value for money of any oscilloscope, with outstanding bandwidth, sampling rate and memory depth specifications. These features are backed up by advanced software optimized with the help of feedback from our customers.
High bandwidth, high sampling rate
With 250 MHz to 500 MHz analog bandwidths complemented by a real-time sampling rate of 5 GS/s, the PicoScope 6000 Series scopes can display single-shot pulses with 200 ps time resolution.
Equivalent time sampling (ETS) mode boosts the maximum sampling rate to 50 GS/s, giving an even finer timing resolution of
20 ps for repetitive signals.
The custom probes menu allows you to correct for gain, attenuation, offsets and nonlinearities of probes and transducers, or convert to different measurement units. Definitions for standard Pico-supplied probes are built in, but you can also create your own using linear scaling or even an interpolated data table.
Arbitrary waveform and function generator
Huge buffer memory
Deep memory allows you to zoom in ... and in ... and in
The PicoScope 6000 Series gives you the deepest buffer memory available as standard on any oscilloscope at any price. The
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface ensures that the display is smooth and responsive even with long captures. Other oscilloscopes have high maximum sampling rates, but without deep memory they cannot sustain these rates on long timebases. The 2 gigasample buffer on the PicoScope 6404D can hold two 200 ms captures at the maximum sampling rate of 5 GS/s. To help manage all this data,
PicoScope can zoom up to 100 million times using a choice of two zoom methods. There are zoom buttons as well as an overview window that lets you zoom and reposition the display by simply dragging with the mouse.
Every model includes a built-in DC to 20 MHz function generator with sine, square, triangle and DC waveforms. D models add a built-in 12 bit, 200 MS/s arbitrary waveform generator. You can import arbitrary waveforms from data files or create and modify them using the built-in graphical AWG editor.
Spectrum analyzer
With the click of a button, you can open a new window to display a spectrum plot of selected channels up to the full bandwidth of the oscilloscope. The spectrum view can optionally be displayed together with a time-domain view. A comprehensive range of settings give you control over the number of spectrum bands, window types and display modes.
To help you find you way around the buffer memory, you can divide it into as many as 10,000 individually triggered segments.
Use the visual buffer navigator to scan through the segments, or set up a mask to filter out the waveforms of interest.
Color persistence modes
See old and new data superimposed, with new data in a brighter color or shade. This makes it easy to see glitches and dropouts and to estimate their relative frequency. Choose between analog persistence, digital color or custom display modes.
High-speed data acquisition
The drivers and software development kit supplied allow you to write your own software or interface to popular third-party software packages. If the 2 GS buffer memory of the PicoScope
6404D isn’t enough, the drivers support data streaming, a mode that captures gap-free continuous data over the USB 3.0 port directly to the PC’s RAM at over 150 MS/s and to solid-state disk at up to 78 MS/s. Rates are subject to PC specifications and application loading.
Serial data decoding
Mask limit testing
This feature is designed for production and debugging environments.
Capture a signal from a known working system, and PicoScope will draw a mask around it with your specified vertical and horizontal tolerances. Connect the system under test, and PicoScope will highlight any parts of the waveform that fall outside the mask area.
The highlighted details persist on the display, so the scope can catch intermittent glitches even while your attention is elsewhere.
The measurements window counts the number of failures, and can display other measurements and statistics at the same time.
The numerical and graphical mask editors (both shown below) can be used separately or in combination, allowing you to enter accurate mask specifications or modify existing masks. You can import and export masks as files.
The PicoScope 6000 Series oscilloscopes are well-suited to serial decoding, with a deep memory buffer that allows them to collect
Serial protocols
UART (RS-232) long, uninterrupted sequences of data. This allows the capture of thousands of frames
SPI
I 2 C
I 2 S or packets of data over several seconds.
The scopes can decode up to four buses
CAN simultaneously with independent protocol selection for each input channel.
LIN
FlexRay
PicoScope displays the decoded data in the format of your choice:
in view, in window, or both at once.
• In view format shows the decoded data beneath the waveform on a common time axis, with error frames marked in red. You can zoom in on these frames to look for noise or distortion on the waveform.
• In window format shows a list of the decoded frames, including the data and all flags and identifiers. You can set up filtering conditions to display only the frames you are interested in, search for frames with specified properties, or define a start pattern that the program will wait for before it lists the data.
Analog and digital low-pass filtering
Each input channel has its own digital low-pass filter with independently adjustable cut-off frequency from 1 Hz to the full scope bandwidth. This enables you to reject noise on selected channels while viewing highbandwidth signals on the others.
An additional selectable analog bandwidth limiter on each input channel can be used to reject high frequencies that would otherwise cause aliasing.
Digital triggering
Most digital oscilloscopes sold today still use an analog trigger architecture based on comparators. This can cause time and amplitude errors that cannot always be calibrated out. The use of comparators often limits the trigger sensitivity at high bandwidths.
In 1991 Pico pioneered the use of fully digital triggering using the actual digitized data. This technique reduces trigger errors and allows our oscilloscopes to trigger on the smallest signals, even at the full bandwidth. Trigger levels and hysteresis can be set with high precision and resolution.
Digital triggering also reduces rearm delay and this, combined with the segmented memory, allows the triggering and capture of events that happen in rapid sequence. At the fastest timebase you can use rapid triggering to collect 10,000 waveforms in under
10 milliseconds. The mask limit testing function can then scan through these waveforms to highlight any failed waveforms for viewing in the waveform buffer.
Automatic measurements
PicoScope allows you to automatically display a table of calculated measurements for troubleshooting and analysis.
Using the built-in measurement statistics you can see the average, standard deviation, maximum and minimum of each measurement as well as the live value.
You can add as many measurements as you need on each view. Each measurement includes statistical parameters showing its variability.
For information on the measurements available in scope and spectrum modes, see Automatic Measurements in the
Specifications table.
Advanced triggers
As well as the standard range of triggers found on most oscilloscopes, the PicoScope
6000 Series has a built-in set of advanced triggers to help you capture the data you need.
All triggering is digital, resulting in high threshold resolution with programmable hysteresis and optimal waveform stability.
Maths channels
With PicoScope 6 you can perform a variety of mathematical calculations on your input signals. You can calculate the sum, difference, product or inverse, or create your own custom function using standard arithmetic, exponential and trigonometric functions.
15 scope mode measurements
11 spectrum mode measurements
High signal integrity
Most oscilloscopes are built down to a price; ours are built up to a specification.
Our engineers use careful front-end design and shielding to reduce noise, crosstalk and harmonic distortion. With decades of oscilloscope experience, we know how to design for optimal pulse response and bandwidth flatness.
Probes included
Your PicoScope 6000 Series scope is supplied complete with four wideband, high-impedance probes. These probes have been designed for use with individual models of the PicoScope 6000
Series and are factory-compensated to match each scope’s input characteristics. Each high-quality probe is supplied with a range of accessories for convenient and accurate high-frequency measurements.
A comprehensive range of alternative probes is also available.
Hardware acceleration
On some oscilloscopes, enabling deep memory has a penalty: the screen update rate slows down and the controls become unresponsive as the processor struggles to cope with the amount of data. Thanks to the hardware acceleration inside PicoScope deep-memory oscilloscopes, you can collect waveforms containing hundreds of millions of samples while keeping fast screen update r a t e s and a responsive user interface. Dedicated hardware inside the oscilloscope processes multiple streams of data in parallel to construct the waveform that will be displayed on the screen. This is done far faster than any PC processor could manage, and together with USB 3.0 SuperSpeed data transfer eliminates any bottlenecks between the oscilloscope and the PC.
Probe specifications
Attenuation
Resistance at probe tip
Capacitance at probe tip
Scope input impedance
Compatibility
Bandwidth (3 dB)
Rise time (10% to 90%)
Compensation range
Safety standard
Cable length
TA150 TA133
10:1
10 MΩ
9.5 pF
1 MΩ
PicoScope 6402C/D,
PicoScope 6403C/D
PicoScope 6404C/D
350 MHz
1 ns
500 MHz
700 ps
10 to 25 pF
IEC/EN 61010-031
1.3 m
For example, the scope may be set to capture
100 000 000 samples but the PicoScope display window may be only 1000 pixels wide. In this case, the scope intelligently compresses the data into 1000 blocks of 100 000 samples each. Unlike simple decimation, which throws away most of the data, PicoScope hardware acceleration guarantees that you see any high-frequency details such as narrow glitches, even when the display is zoomed out.
Probe accessories included
High-end features as standard
Buying a scope from some companies is a bit like buying a car.
By the time you have added all the optional extras you need, the price has gone up considerably. With the PicoScope 6000
Series, high-end features such as mask limit testing, serial decoding, advanced triggering, measurements, math, XY mode, digital filtering, segmented memory and even a signal generator are all included in the price.
To protect your investment, both the PC software and firmware inside the unit can be updated. We have a long history of providing new features for free as software downloads. Other companies make vague promises about future enhancements but we deliver on our promises year after year. Users of our products reward us by becoming lifelong customers, frequently recommending us to their colleagues.
TA133 and TA150
• Instruction manual
• Solid tip 0.5 mm
• Coding rings, 3 x 4 colors
• Ground lead 15 cm
• Ground spring 2.5 mm
• Trim tool
• Insulating cap 2.5 mm
• Sprung hook 2.5 mm
TA133 only
• Spring tip 0.5 mm
• Ground blade 2.5 mm
• 2 self-adhesive copper pads
• Protection cap 2.5 mm
• IC caps 0.5 to 1.27 mm pitch
• PCB adaptor kit 2.5 mm
PicoScope: The display can be as simple or as complex as you need. Begin with a single view of one channel, and then expand the display to include any number of live channels, math channels and reference waveforms.
Tools > Serial decoding: Decode multiple serial data signals and display the data alongside the physical signal or as a detailed table.
Tools > Reference channels: Store waveforms in memory or on disk and display them alongside live inputs. Ideal for diagnostics and production testing.
Tools > Masks: Automatically generate a test mask from a waveform or draw one by hand. PicoScope highlights any parts of the waveform that fall outside the mask and shows error statistics.
Channel options: Filtering, offset, scaling, resolution enhancement, custom probes and bandwidth limiter.
Auto setup button: Configures the timebase and voltage ranges for stable display of signals.
Trigger marker: Drag to adjust trigger level and pre-trigger time.
Oscilloscope controls: Controls such as voltage range, scope resolution, channel enable, timebase and memory depth are placed on the toolbar for quick access, leaving the main display area clear for waveforms.
Signal generator: Generates standard signals or (on selected scopes) arbitrary waveforms. Includes frequency sweep mode.
Waveform replay tools: PicoScope automatically records up to 10 000 of the most recent waveforms. You can quickly scan through to look for intermittent events, or use the Buffer
Navigator to search visually.
Zoom and pan tools: PicoScope allows a zoom factor of several million, which is necessary when working with the deep memory of the 6000 Series scopes. Either use the zoom-in, zoom-out and pan tools, or click and drag in the zoom overview window for fast navigation.
Math channels: Combine input channels and reference waveforms using simple arithmetic, or create custom equations with trigonometric and other functions.
Views: PicoScope is carefully designed to make the best use of the display area. You can add new scope and spectrum views with automatic or custom layouts.
Rulers: Each axis has two rulers that can be dragged across the screen to make quick measurements of amplitude, time and frequency.
Ruler legend: Absolute and differential ruler measurements are listed here.
Movable axes: The vertical axes can be dragged up and down. This feature is particularly useful when one waveform is obscuring another. There’s also an Auto
Arrange Axes command.
Trigger toolbar:
Quick access to main controls, with advanced triggers in a pop-up window.
Automatic measurements:
Display calculated measurements for troubleshooting and analysis.
You can add as many measurements as you need on each view. Each measurement includes statistical parameters showing its variability.
Zoom overview:
Click and drag for quick navigation in zoomed views.
Spectrum view:
View FFT data alongside scope view or independently.
VERTICAL
Input channels
Analog bandwidth (-3 dB) *
Bandwidth limiter
Rise time (10% to 90%, calculated)
Input ranges (full scale)
Input sensitivity
250 MHz
(200 MHz on ±50 mV range)
20 MHz, switchable
1.4 ns (50 mV range 1.8 ns)
4, BNC connectors, single-ended
350 MHz
(250 MHz on ±50 mV range)
20 MHz, switchable
1.0 ns (50 mV range 1.4 ns)
500 MHz
25 MHz, switchable
0.7 ns (all ranges)
±50 mV to ±20V, in 9 ranges (1 MΩ input), ±50 mV to ±5V, in 7 ranges (50 Ω input)
10 mV/div to 4 V/div at x1 zoom (1 MΩ input), 10 mV/div to 1 V/div at x1 zoom (50 Ω input)
Input coupling
Input characteristics
Analog offset range
DC accuracy
Overvoltage protection
AC (1 MΩ) or DC (1 MΩ or 50 Ω)
1 MΩ ± 1% ∥ 15 pF, or 50 Ω ± 2%
±50 to ±200 mV input ranges: ±0.5 V
±500 mV input range:
±1 V
±2 V
±5 V
±10 V
±20 V
″
″
″
″
″
±2.5 V
±2.5 V
±2.5 V
±20 V (50 Ω: ±0.5 V)
±20 V
±20 V
3% of full scale
1 MΩ ± 1%
±2 V
∥ 10 pF, or 50 Ω ± 2%
±10 V (50 Ω: ±5 V)
±10 V (50 Ω: ±4.5 V)
±10 V (50 Ω: ±3.5 V)
±35 V (50 Ω: ±0.5 V)
±30 V
±20 V
±100 V to ground (1 MΩ inputs), 5.5 V RMS (50 Ω inputs)
* Stated bandwidth is with supplied probes or at BNC when 50 Ω impedance selected
DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE
Noise
THD
SFDR
Crosstalk
200 μV RMS (50 mV range)
–55 dB typical
60 dB typical
17 000:1 typical at 20 MHz
1000:1 typical at full bandwidth
320 μV RMS (50 mV range)
–54 dB typical
55 dB typical
5600:1 typical at 20 MHz
560:1 typical at full bandwidth
HORIZONTAL (TIMEBASE)
PicoScope
6402C
PicoScope
6402D
PicoScope
6403C
PicoScope
6403D
PicoScope
6404C
PicoScope
6404D
Timebase ranges
Timebase accuracy
Timebase ageing
1 ns/div to 5000 s/div (real-time sampling)
50 ps/div to 100 ns/div (equivalent-time sampling / ETS)
±2 ppm
1 ppm per year
ACQUISITION
ADC resolution
Maximum real-time sampling rate
Maximum ETS rate
Maximum streaming data rate (PicoScope 6)
Maximum streaming data rate (SDK)
Buffer size (shared between active channels)
Buffer size (streaming mode)
256 MS
8 bits (up to 12 bits using software resolution enhancement)
1 channel 5 GS/s
2 channels 2.5 GS/s **
4 channels 1.25 GS/s
50 GS/s (any number of channels)
10 MS/s
Data transfer > 150 MS/s, streaming to SSD hard drive 78 MS/s
(USB 3.0, PC-dependent, subject to application loadings)
512 MS 512 MS 1 GS 1 GS
100 MS in PicoScope software. Up to available PC memory when using SDK.
2 GS
Max. buffer segments (using PicoScope 6)
Max. buffer segments (using SDK) 250 000 500 000 500 000
10 000
** To achieve 2.5 GS/s sampling rate in 2-channel mode, use channel A or B and channel C or D.
TRIGGERING
1 000 000 1 000 000 2 000 000
Sources
Trigger modes
Channels A to D, AUX
None, single, repeat, auto, rapid (segmented memory), ETS
Advanced trigger types (real-time mode) Edge, pulse width, window, window pulse width, dropout, window dropout, level, interval, logic level, runt pulse
Trigger types (ETS mode)
Trigger sensitivity
Trigger level
Maximum pre-trigger capture
Maximum post-trigger delay
Re-arm time
Maximum trigger rate
Trigger timing resolution
Rising edge, falling edge
1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth of scope
Adjustable over whole of selected voltage range
100% of capture size
4 billion samples
Less than 1 μs on fastest timebase
Up to 10,000 waveforms in a 10 ms burst
1 sample period
AUX TRIGGER INPUT
AUX trigger connector type
Trigger types
Input characteristics
Bandwidth
Threshold range
Overvoltage protection
Rear panel BNC, shared with reference clock input
Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic
50 Ω ±1%, DC coupled
25 MHz
±1 V
±5 V (DC + AC peak)
REFERENCE CLOCK INPUT (SDK ONLY)
Clock input characteristics
Frequency range
Connector
Level
Overvoltage protection
50 Ω, BNC, ±1 V, DC coupled
5, 10, 20, 25 MHz, user-selectable
Rear panel BNC, shared with AUX trigger
Adjustable threshold, ±1 V
±5 V
PicoScope
6402C
PicoScope
6402D
PicoScope
6403C
PicoScope
6403D
PicoScope
6404C
PicoScope
6404D
FUNCTION GENERATOR
Standard signal frequency
Standard output signals
Output frequency accuracy
All models
D models only
Output frequency resolution
Output voltage adjustment
DC accuracy
Connector type
Output impedance
Overvoltage protection
Sweep modes
Signal generator triggering
ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR (AWG)
Buffer size
Sample rate
Resolution
Bandwidth
PROBE COMPENSATION OUTPUT
Impedance
Frequency
Level
Overvoltage protection
–
SPECTRUM ANALYZER
Frequency range
Display modes
Windowing functions
Number of FFT points
DC to 20 MHz
Sine, square, triangle, DC
Ramp, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine, white noise, PRBS
Same as scope timebase accuracy
< 0.05 Hz
Amplitude adjustment:
Offset adjustment:
±2 V (4 V max. p-p)
±1 V
Maximum combined output voltage: ±2.5 V
±1% of full scale
Rear panel BNC
50 Ω
±5 V
Up, down, or dual, with selectable start/stop frequencies and increments
Scope, manual, or AUX input; programmable number of cycles from 1 to 1 billion
64 kS
200 MS/s
12 bits
20 MHz
–
600 Ω
64 kS
200 MS/s
12 bits
20 MHz
1 kHz square wave
2 V pk-pk
±5 V (DC + AC peak)
–
64 kS
200 MS/s
12 bits
20 MHz
DC to 250 MHz DC to 350 MHz
Magnitude, average, peak hold
DC to 500 MHz
Rectangular, Gaussian, triangular, Blackman, Blackman-Harris, Hamming, Hann, flat-top
Selectable power of 2 from 128 to 1 048 576
MATH CHANNELS
Functions
Operands
AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS
−x, x+y, x−y, x*y, x/y, x^y, sqrt, exp, ln, log, abs, norm, sign, sin, cos, tan, arcsin, arccos, arctan, sinh, cosh, tanh, freq, derivative, integral, min, max, average, peak, delay
Input channels A to D, reference waveforms, time, π
Scope mode
Spectrum mode
AC RMS, true RMS, cycle time, DC average, duty cycle, falling rate, fall time, frequency, high pulse width, low pulse width, maximum, minimum, peak-to-peak, rise time and rising rate
Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, average amplitude at peak, total power, THD %, THD dB, THD+N, SFDR, SINAD, SNR and IMD
Minimum, maximum, average, and standard deviation Statistics
SERIAL BUS DECODING
Data formats
MASK LIMIT TESTING
Statistics
DISPLAY
Interpolation
Persistence modes
GENERAL
PC connectivity
Exported data formats
Power requirement
Dimensions (inc. connectors & end caps)
Weight
Temperature range
Humidity range
Compliance
Safety approvals
PC requirements
Software included
Languages supported (software)
Languages supported (help)
CAN, LIN, I 2 C, I 2 S, UART/RS-232, SPI, FlexRay
Pass/fail, failure count, total count
Linear or sin(x)/x
Digital color, analog intensity, custom, or none
USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible)
Comma-separated values, tab-delimited, BMP, GIF, PNG, MATLAB 4 format
12 V DC, 4 A max. AC adaptor and cable supplied
170 x 255 x 40 mm
1 kg (approx. 2 lb 3 oz)
170 x 285 x 40 mm
1.3 kg (approx. 2 lb 14 oz)
Operating: 0 °C to 40 °C (20 °C to 30 °C for stated accuracy). Storage: −20 °C to +60 °C.
Operating: 5% to 80% RH non-condensing. Storage: 5% to 95% RH non-condensing.
EU: EMC, LVD, RoHS, WEEE. USA: FCC Part 15 Subpart B
Designed to EN 61010-1:2010
Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 (not Windows RT)
PicoScope 6, Windows SDK and example programs
Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek,
Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Model selector
Model
PicoScope 6402C
PicoScope 6402D
PicoScope 6403C
PicoScope 6403D
PicoScope 6404C
PicoScope 6404D
Bandwidth Buffer size
Signal generator
250 MHz
350 MHz
500 MHz
256 MS
512 MS
512 MS
1 GS
1 GS
2 GS
Arbitrary waveform generator
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Digitizer?
The PicoScope 6407 Digitizer has four 1 GHz inputs and a maximum sampling rate of 5 GS/s.
PicoScope 6407 Digitizer
Product pack contents
• PicoScope 6000 Series oscilloscope
• Four factory-compensated probes
• USB cable
• Universal mains (AC) power supply
• Mains lead (power cord)
• Installation Guide
• Software and Reference CD
• Carrying case
Need more bandwidth?
For repetitive signals such as serial data streams, and characterization of cables and backplanes, the
PicoScope 9000 Series Sampling
Oscilloscopes deliver high specifications at low prices.
Choose between the 12 GHz
PicoScope 9200 Series and the
20 GHz PicoScope 9300 Series.
TDR/TDT and optical models are also available.
PicoScope 9000 Series
Ordering information
Description
PP884 PicoScope 6402C 250 MHz Oscilloscope with probes
PP885 PicoScope 6402D 250 MHz Oscilloscope with AWG and probes
PP886 PicoScope 6403C 350 MHz Oscilloscope with probes
PP887 PicoScope 6403D 350 MHz Oscilloscope with AWG and probes
PP888 PicoScope 6404C 500 MHz Oscilloscope with probes
PP889 PicoScope 6404D 500 MHz Oscilloscope with AWG and probes
TA150 Replacement x10 probe for PicoScope 6402C/D and 6403C/D
TA133 Replacement x10 probe for PicoScope 6404C/D
TA065, TA066 and TA067 accessory packs for TA150 and TA133 probes
Prices exclude VAT and are correct at the time of publication. Please contact Pico Technology for the latest prices before ordering.
USD
3295
4115
EUR
2795
3495
GBP
2275
2835
4945
5765
6595
7415
4195
4895
5595
6295
3415
3985
4555
5125
199
209
169
179
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